Gehry's building-within-a-building features enormous curved
polished stainless steel architectural structures, towering chain
link curtains, glass floors and partitions, large scale graphics,
and a massive glass box coated with an iridescent film. At certain
angles this box appears opaque, with moving images of motorcycles
projected onto the surface, and from other vantage points the box
is clear, revealing the motorcycles within.

With more than 120 motorcycles on display, the exhibition
chronicles the most compelling moments in motorcycle design and
technology; exploring the motorcycle as a quintessential symbol of
modern age.

The hundred or so examples in the show range across more than a
century and include the most innovative and beautiful,
mint-condition vehicles imaginable. The 60 feet high and 120 feet
wide Guggenheim Media Wall is divided into segments each displaying
different manifestations of the motorcycle as seen in moving
images.

You see yourself and the motorcycles distorted in the curved
reflective panels and you get to walk around, inside and under the
enveloping curves. The effect, as intended, is showy, sexy,
dynamic, dreamy, funny.

This first large scale exhibition in the "Big Box"; the 63,700
square foot exhibition hall of the Guggenheim Las Vegas,
inaugurated in October 2001, demonstrates the capacity and
versatility of the new seven story tall museum space.

The Guggenheim Las Vegas, Designed by Rem Koolhaas, was
conceived as an exhibition hall for the presentation of special
projects, ranging from contemporary paintings and sculpture, to
architecture and design, and multimedia art.

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Rem Koolhaas brings an industrial aesthetic, an
impeccable precision, and a powerful sense of space and humor to
all aspects of the design. The result is not only an absolutely
unique space, but also a breathtakingly beautiful one./Thomas Krens, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim
Foundation